Quant scan is leaning hard on short interest as the dominant driver. 6m expected returns +13.5% to +18.3%, median confidence 94. Financials and utilities are heavy, tech shows up once. $FISV Fiserv, I

$SOLV Solventum Corporation, $ALL The Allstate Corporation, $MKC McCormick & Company—same drivers: short interest + earnings yield vs bonds. $SOLV is healthcare at univ 100, sec 100. $ALL has the fattest earnings yield vs bonds (+0.0711). $MKC’s short-interest signal is the highest (+0.0749). BNY ($BNY), PG&E Corporation ($PCG), Globe Life Inc. ($GL)—all 99th percentile. $BNY is short interest + illiquidity + 60d vol. $PCG adds utility risk: short interest + earnings yield + 60d vol. $GL is the quiet financial: lower short-interest beta (+0.0478), more illiquidity. $EIX Edison International is the tell: +14.0% but short interest is a drag (-0.0268), not a tailwind—earnings yield + illiquidity carry it. $LEN Lennar Corporation rounds it out at +13.5% on short interest + earnings yield. Watch short-interest squeezes and financial/utility crowding; if short interest unwinds, these ranks flip fast.

$SOLV Solventum Corporation, $ALL The Allstate Corporation, $MKC McCormick & Company—same drivers: short interest + earnings yield vs bonds. $SOLV is healthcare at univ 100, sec 100. $ALL has the fatt